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The article presents the 11-point program of applied action for putting science and engineering to a collaborative work for the attainment of world peace. It also features an address of H. G. Well in April 1961 at the MIT Centennial Dinner which focused on the role of science in contributing to international affairs and promoting domestic and foreign economic growth. Various international contacts and efforts among scientists and engineers show an improvement in global communication and cooperation. Among these were Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the Rehovoth Conference on Science in the Advancement of New States.

One of the problems which occupies the work study engineer is that of determining the number of observations necessary in order to estimate the work content of a job with a prescribed accuracy. A new equation is presented for this purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the history of Peel, Williams & Co., an engineering company in Manchester, England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Popularity of the company; Description of its founders and how they formed the business; Distribution of printed catalogs, which is early evidence of standardized mass production of engineering goods in anticipation of demand; Expansion of the business; Progression of the company and its eventual demise.